A semantics for ontology
pp. 295-318
in: , Philosophy and logic in Central Europe from Bolzano to Tarski, Berlin, Springer, 1992Abstract
Leśniewski presented his logical systems in a way which conformed to his nominalism, so the question arises whether Leśniewski's logic can be given a natural formal semantics which, unlike current versions, avoids commitment to abstract entities. Building on hints in Wittgenstein's Tractatus I develop the idea of a way of meaning which is the basis for what I call combinatorial semantics. I then consider whether this commits us to abstract objects or an intensional metalogic.